Attempt at modifying device factory mechanism

essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/EssentialsDevice.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Crestron.SimplSharp;
+
+using PepperDash.Core;
+using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
+
+namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines the basic needs for an EssentialsDevice to enable it to be build by an IDeviceFactory class
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class EssentialsDevice : Device
+    {
+        public EssentialsDevice(string key)
+            : base(key)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        public abstract class Factory : IDeviceFactory
+        {
+            #region IDeviceFactory Members
+
+            public List<string> TypeNames { get; protected set; }
+
+            public virtual void LoadTypeFactories()
+            {
+                foreach (var typeName in TypeNames)
+                {
+                    DeviceFactory.AddFactoryForType(typeName, BuildDevice);
+                }
+            }
+
+            #endregion
+
+            public abstract IKeyed BuildDevice(DeviceConfig dc);
+
+            public Factory()
+            {
+                TypeNames = new List<string>();
+            }
+
+        }
+        
+
+    }
+}

essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/ReconfigurableDevice.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Devices
     /// <summary>
     /// 
     /// </summary>
-    public abstract class ReconfigurableDevice : Device
+    public abstract class ReconfigurableDevice : EssentialsDevice
     {
         public event EventHandler<EventArgs> ConfigChanged;